Week # 16

November 24- 28, 2014
Feeling Worthless

My Accomplishment/s:

         This week I did not have any rated lesson plan because most of the subject matter scheduled for this week is more on performance based task like logo making, essay writing, poem writing and many more. My critic teacher decided to take over the class and she let us do the checking and evaluating of students' output. She asked us to choose the best in every category to represent their class during the competition that was held every lunch break. This week also we were able to fix our schedule for the rated demonstration with our Supervising Instructor. This give me the chance to know my schedule in preparation for the things I need to do before I will do my rated demonstration. I also had my pre-conference with my critic teacher for our rated demonstration which give me an idea and ways on how to improve my lesson for a better learning and teaching. I also help in facilitating and accompanying the student for every competition hold during their lunch break.

My Significant Experience/s:

       Going to school is quite stressful when you cannot teach, for almost two weeks I didn't had any rated demonstration I felt like its not worth the time I am attending my class. It feels like I am worthless sitting and talking around. I arrive at school 7 am in the morning and ends the day at 5 in the afternoon without even seeing my students and with experiences that I had I learned to use my time in a productive way. I learned to plan and prepare for things that I need to do. i learned to explore and make my day productive without me teaching, before when I had my classes, after every class I just relax and sleep, but now that I don't have any classes for me not to be bored I learned to organize, read and comprehend the subject matters in my course.

My Insight/s

          A teacher without the students is useless. This week I came to realize this statement given the fact that for almost two weeks I never entered in a classroom, and its quite depressing not only because there is no assurance that I cannot finish my rated demonstration but the idea that I was not growing as a future teacher. I felt useless and worthless being a bystander in the attic for almost two week, with this I realize that a teacher will never and can never be a teacher without her/his students.

My problem/s

        The problem I had this week is that I did not have any rated demonstration. I am not sure if I could still finish my rated demonstration. I  am also worried about my rated demonstration with my Supervising Instructor because I cannot think of a method and strategy on how to present my lesson wherein we were asked to teach the poem entitled Tao Te Ching with 81 stanza. and its quite hard and challenging on how to present one third of this stanzas in an hour with quality.

My Solution/s:

           We talked to our critic teacher, and asked her if we could facilitate the quiz of our students on December three in addition to our rated lesson and thankfully she allowed us. We also talked to her and suggest ways on how we could attain and finish the ten rated lessons. In our topic for the rated demonstration with our Supervising Instructor, we decided the student teacher of Mrs. Viernes to discuss ways and methods on to present our topic. It is a very good move because we were able to come up with which we think an effective way to do it.

My Goal/s for Next Week:

           For next week  the only thing I want is to deliver my rated lesson with my supervising instructor effectively. I want to leave a good impression as a teacher that my supervising instructor could be proud of, wherein if we could meet again after this semester she is able to remember me with that impression. One more I also want to add at least two rated lesson from my critic teacher.